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GTW 4616 |
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A CN local shoves past the W. Bell St. overpass as it heads southwest via former SOO rails at Neenah, WI on 18 Feb. '19. Local was preparing to service Menasha Packaging, 1645 Bergstrom Rd. The former C&NW main line (now relegated to a passing siding) runs parallel on the other side of the train. |
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3/11/2019 Upload Date: 4/19/2019 2:34:39 AM |
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Neenah, WI |
| Author: |
T. P. Bruss |
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GTW 4616(GP9R) |
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142 Comments: 1 |
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GTW 4616 and IC 3138 |
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A CN local crosses N. Lake St. as it heads northwest via former SOO rails at Neenah, WI on 18 May '19. Eggers Div. of VT Industries, 164 N. Lake St., an active rail customer, is partially visible at right. Founded at Neenah, WI, in 1910 as Hardwood Products Co., construction of the facility commenced in Oct. ’10. It was renamed Hardwood Products Corp. as a result of a merger with Mississippi Veneer & Lumber Co. on 20 Apr. ’22 (the latter company was formed by the same businessmen who founded the Neenah company). Eggers Industries acquired Hardwood Products Corp. in 1965 and renamed it Eggers Hardwood Products Corp. Eggers was founded by Fred W. Eggers at Two Rivers, WI in 1884 to make wood baskets used by farmers. They later started making plywood and other wood veneer products. The name was changed to simply Eggers Industries at some point. It was acquired by Holstein, IA, based VT Industries, Inc., on 2 Oct. ’18. There used to be 3 spurs to service the facility, now there is only 1. |
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5/18/2019 Upload Date: 7/4/2019 1:00:26 AM |
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Neenah, WI |
| Author: |
T. P. Bruss |
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IC 3138(GP40R) GTW 4616(GP9R) |
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134 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
GTW 4616 and IC 3138 |
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A CN local crosses N. Lake St. as it heads northwest via former SOO rails at Neenah, WI on 18 May '19. Eggers Div. of VT Industries, 164 N. Lake St., an active rail customer, is partially visible at left. Founded at Neenah, WI, in 1910 as Hardwood Products Co., construction of the facility commenced in Oct. ’10. It was renamed Hardwood Products Corp. as a result of a merger with Mississippi Veneer & Lumber Co. on 20 Apr. ’22 (the latter company was formed by the same businessmen who founded the Neenah company). Eggers Industries acquired Hardwood Products Corp. in 1965 and renamed it Eggers Hardwood Products Corp. Eggers was founded by Fred W. Eggers at Two Rivers, WI in 1884 to make wood baskets used by farmers. They later started making plywood and other wood veneer products. The name was changed to simply Eggers Industries at some point. It was acquired by Holstein, IA, based VT Industries, Inc., on 2 Oct. ’18. There used to be 3 spurs to service the facility, now there is only 1. |
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5/18/2019 Upload Date: 7/4/2019 1:00:29 AM |
| Location: |
Neenah, WI |
| Author: |
T. P. Bruss |
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| Locomotives: |
GTW 4616(GP9R) IC 3138(GP40R) |
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154 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
IC 3138 and GTW 4616 |
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A CN local crosses S. Perkins St. while headed southwest at the former C&NW yard at Appleton Junction, WI on 25 May '19. Local was returning from Little Chute and Kaukauna and was slowing in order to pick up a string of cars at the southwest end of the yard on its way back to Neenah. |
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5/25/2019 Upload Date: 7/13/2019 2:47:29 AM |
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Appleton Junction, WI |
| Author: |
T. P. Bruss |
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IC 3138(GP40R) GTW 4616(GP9R) |
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173 Comments: 1 |
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GTW 5825 and GTW 4616 |
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GTW 5825 and GTW 4616 rest at the north end of the CN, former SOO, yard at Neenah, WI, on 26 Mar. '21. This view would have been prevented by the dominating silhouette of the original Neenah Foundry facility, later known as Plant 1, which stood here for over ¾’s of a century. Established in 1872 as Aylward Plow Works (a.k.a. Aylward & Sons) at 120 N. Lake St., they erected a new foundry at 500 W. Winneconne Ave. in 1918 “in a rural area of southwestern Neenah.” The name of Neenah Foundry was adopted in 1922. Expanded numerous times over the years, it became Plant 1 in 1960 when Plant 2 was constructed in the then rural area at the intersection of Byrd Ave. and the aptly named Aylward St. (followed by Plant 3 in 1967). Plant 1 was closed in 1994; it stood abandoned for a while and was eventually demolished. |
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3/26/2021 Upload Date: 4/4/2021 3:55:52 AM |
| Location: |
Neenah, WI |
| Author: |
T. P. Bruss |
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GTW 5825(GP38-2) GTW 4616(GP9R) |
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| Title: |
GTW 4616 |
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GTW 4616 rests at the north end of the CN, former SOO, yard at Neenah, WI, on 26 Mar. '21. This view would have been prevented by the dominating silhouette of the original Neenah Foundry facility, later known as Plant 1, which stood here for over ¾’s of a century. Established in 1872 as Aylward Plow Works (a.k.a. Aylward & Sons) at 120 N. Lake St., they erected a new foundry at 500 W. Winneconne Ave. in 1918 “in a rural area of southwestern Neenah.” The name of Neenah Foundry was adopted in 1922. Expanded numerous times over the years, it became Plant 1 in 1960 when Plant 2 was constructed in the then rural area at the intersection of Byrd Ave. and the aptly named Aylward St. (followed by Plant 3 in 1967). Plant 1 was closed in 1994; it stood abandoned for a while and was eventually demolished. |
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3/26/2021 Upload Date: 4/12/2021 3:33:09 AM |
| Location: |
Neenah, WI |
| Author: |
T. P. Bruss |
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| Locomotives: |
GTW 4616(GP9R) |
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161 Comments: 0 |
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CN 5715 and CN 2449 |
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A CN container train heads south at the north end of the former SOO yard at Neenah, WI, on 26 Mar. '21. GTW 5825 and GTW 4616 rest in the yard. This view would have been prevented by the dominating silhouette of the original Neenah Foundry facility, later known as Plant 1, which stood here for over ¾’s of a century. Established in 1872 as Aylward Plow Works (a.k.a. Aylward & Sons) at 120 N. Lake St., they erected a new foundry at 500 W. Winneconne Ave. in 1918 “in a rural area of southwestern Neenah.” The name of Neenah Foundry was adopted in 1922. Expanded numerous times over the years, it became Plant 1 in 1960 when Plant 2 was constructed in the then rural area at the intersection of Byrd Ave. and the aptly named Aylward St. (followed by Plant 3 in 1967). Plant 1 was closed in 1994; it stood abandoned for a while and was eventually demolished. |
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3/26/2021 Upload Date: 4/4/2021 3:55:55 AM |
| Location: |
Neenah, WI |
| Author: |
T. P. Bruss |
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CN 5715(SD75I) CN 2449(C40-8M) GTW 4616(GP9R) |
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297 Comments: 0 |
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